Overview
- Food and quick‑commerce users reported delays and cancellations in several metros, with the sharpest impact seen in parts of the NCR where some localities saw services paused.
- Union groups TGPWU and IFAT said roughly 40,000 delivery workers joined the flash action, with visible turnout in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru.
- Platforms sought to cushion the impact by using third‑party couriers such as Shadowfax and Rapido, offering extra incentives and temporarily reactivating dormant IDs.
- Organisers have called a larger nationwide strike for Dec. 31, a peak ordering day, which they say could further disrupt food, grocery and e‑commerce deliveries.
- Workers’ demands include withdrawing 10‑minute delivery models, transparent pay, an end to arbitrary ID blocking, better safety gear and social security, set against new labour codes that require platform contributions but which unions say are poorly implemented.